Arizona Fire Department Personnel

Personnel (fire department membership) numbers vary by region, by state and even by county. Recruiting is critical to fire department success, see National Volunteer Fire Council’s Make Me a Firefighter and National Volunteer Fire Council’s Recruiting Resources. Check out how your department’s numbers compare to those around you, to see how your recruitment and retention investments are fairing.

This information is based solely upon fire departments that have registered with the National Fire Service Registry. If you have not registered your fire department, please do so, it is free and contributes to a complete picture of the fire services. Check out some Quick Facts from the registry.

Department Type

NOTE: In the USFA National Fire Service Registry data for Arizona there is 1 department NOT classified, and so NOT included in these statistics. Departments should register as Career, Mostly Career, Volunteer or Mostly Volunteer but we do not have it for this 1 department .

Volunteer Departments of Arizona

Here are the average numbers of volunteer firefighters for each county within Arizona, as well as the maximum and minimum numbers for that county.

County	# Volunteer Departments	Average Firefighters	Highest #	Lowest #
Apache	10	21	33	8
Cochise	18	17	31	–
Coconino	15	18	44	–
Gila	8	21	41	13
Graham	2	27	28	25
Greenlee	5	20	34	9
La Paz	5	19	30	10
Maricopa	10	26	53	–
Mohave	8	31	64	9
Navajo	9	20	41	1
Pima	6	21	34	10
Pinal	15	16	30	2
Santa Cruz	3	25	45	14
Yavapai	15	20	43	7
Yuma	2	5	5	4

Career Departments of Arizona

Here are the average numbers of career firefighters for each county within Arizona, as well as the maximum and minimum numbers for that county.

County	# Career Departments	Average Firefighters	Highest #	Lowest #
Apache	3	59	150	7
Cochise	4	33	50	20
Coconino	8	35	96	7
Gila	7	25	41	5
La Paz	2	19	22	15
Maricopa	34	134	1678	1
Mohave	9	47	80	10
Navajo	5	33	81	10
Pima	19	84	632	5
Pinal	6	60	94	33
Santa Cruz	3	39	47	30
Yavapai	5	65	122	30
Yuma	4	69	106	39

Department Types of Arizona

Here are the department types by county for volunteer and career agencies in for Arizona.

Looking for NFIRS FDIDs?

Here are the fire department identifiers (FDIDs) for agencies within Arizona. NFIRS FDIDs are required for submitting NFIRS reports with mutual aid or automatic aid with those departments.

Need more NFIRS help?

Here are some useful ressources to learn more about NFIRS.

NFIRS Codes Cheat Sheet – NFIRS Coding – NFIRS Examples – FDIDs – POCs – NFIRS Transactions – NFIRS Modules – NFIRS Elements – NFIRS Rules – NFIRS Reference – NFIRS Compliant ?

You can also read this NFIRS 5.0 Complete Reference Guide, and NFIRS 5.0 Design documentation in order to have a deeper understanding of NFIRS 5.0. Here are also NFIRS 5.0 Forms ready for you to download and use.

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